BRIEFLY\Man, wife win case in shooting by cop.Byline: City News Service A Superior Court jury awarded a paraplegic paraplegic /para·ple·gic/ (-ple´jik) 1. pertaining to or of the nature of paraplegia. 2. an individual with paraplegia. $9.25 million Wednesday for injuries he suffered after being shot by an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officer in 1990, the plaintiff's lawyer said. The jury deliberated for three days before deciding that Adan Melendez should be paid by the city of Los Angeles
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Thomas Burris, said the plaintiffs' lawyer, Michael V. Severo. The jury also awarded $1.5 million to Melendez's wife, Severo said. Representatives from the City Attorney's Office and the LAPD were unavailable for comment. "I'm very gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that the jury found the truth," Severo said. "My client, who had been accused (of wrestling) a gun from an off-duty police officer, in fact did not, according to the jury." The case stemmed from an Oct. 28, 1990, incident at the now-closed Gala restaurant at 930 S. Alameda Ave. in Los Angeles. |
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